Distinguished by its ‘tactical and strategic brilliance, Fox & Partners is regularly instructed to handle discrimination, harassment and whistleblowing allegations, as well as regulatory complaints. Caroline Field is often engaged to represent senior executives in disputes related to rights and entitlements, as well as misconduct allegations; she jointly leads the practice alongside Ivor Adair, whose client base stems from the financial services, technology, insurance and media sectors. Catriona Watt is noted for her proficiency in senior-level contentious departures and arrivals. Dean Fuller is well versed in cases involving industry-specific issues, such as regulatory references, non-financial misconduct concerns and corporate governance constraints.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

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  • ‘The team at Fox manages to get excellent ultimate results for the client through tactical and strategic brilliance, keeping steps ahead of the opposition and sheer doggedness.'

  • ‘I highly rate Catriona Watt and Caroline Field, who are top-class practitioners.’

  • ‘Catriona Watt is intelligent and tenacious and knows her space well. Caroline Field is a quality High Court practitioner who is a pleasure to deal with and also knows her space.’

  • ‘Catriona Watt is cool, calm, collected and classy. You definitely want her fighting in your corner. Caroline Field is tenacious, calm and assiduous. I would instruct her in a heartbeat.’

  • ‘This is an excellent specialist team of employment lawyers who are able to provide high-level advice on complex scenarios relating to the legal sector.’

  • ‘The individuals stand out in particular because of their humanity and their ability to deal with sensitive and confidential information in complex disputes. Dealing with other lawyers requires very distinct skills which this firm has.’

  • 'A great team. I dealt with Catriona Watt and Shoshana Bacall mostly. They were outstanding - specifically, they were intelligent and quick to grasp complex issues, empathetic, responsive, kind and appropriately rigorous. The billing was transparent and appropriate. Also of note was Catriona and Shoshana's ability to pass my case between themselves without any errors or miscommunications.'

  • 'Ivor Adair is clearly a consummate professional and he interrupted his holiday to accommodate a call given the timing of my requirements.'

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Caroline Field, Ivor Adair

Other key lawyers

Catriona Watt, Dean Fuller, Shoshana Bacall